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With temperatures so up and down these days, ticks can be found year round. Proactively, you can use prevention year-round. Give us a call to discuss the risk factors for Ticks in Ontario.

As daily temperatures reach 4 degrees Celsius ( and possibly at any above zero degrees) ticks become active, looking for their next meal and therefore, it is time to start your pet's tick prevention.

CVMA - When Ticks Are Active

Many prevention products are available. Found in oral chewable's or topical preparations. Many veterinary products will also prevent fleas at the same time, another pesky parasite.

Let us recommend the right product to protect your pet.

CVMA - Tick Prevention Product Choice

Cat's Should Use Tick Prevention Too !

Lyme disease is a growing concern for pets and people.

Numbers of reported Lyme positive dogs is just an indication of the issue at hand.

What we need to consider is that true numbers are likely higher because not all dogs will be tested.

In the photo below Idexx has indicated that in 2017 there were 1261 Lyme positive dogs in Ontario, and in the past 5 years a total of 6215 in Ontario..... keep in mind this is only one laboratory...so the actual count is sure to be higher.

Idexx Real Time Parasite Lyme Map 2017

Idexx Laboratories

So far there have been 148 cases reported in 2018 !

CVMA - Tick Life Cycle

Why Is Testing Your Dog for Lyme Disease Important?

"There’s some info that suggests canine exposure to Borrelia (the bacterium that is transmitted by deer ticks causing Lyme disease) can also be an indicator of the risk of human exposure, which makes sense since dogs and people are exposed the same way (i.e. being bitten by an infected deer tick ( Ixodes scapulars) tick)."

- from the worms and germs blog

Click here to read how to remove a tick. First line of defence is to to check your pet and yourself after every outdoor activity.

Tracking Brings Awareness

Tracking the incidence of Lyme disease in dogs brings awareness as to where on the map it can be found and indicates that we as humans must also take precautions not to contract it through tick bites.